I think the people living there disagree with you...

That is true, yes.

Taiwan is not China.

Slow, sure. But when they do, it's usually a very final punishment. Puts other oligarchs on notice.

I cannot think of a single reason bots would be pimping MX Linux.

It's a pretty low key project. Antix gets more "noisy" than MX does, and that's not even much.

Bro..

We didn't win at the Alamo.

Well, France declared only signatories can be arrested. Like Israel, who never signed into the ICC, I don't think Burma has, either.

Zulip has been around for a loooong time. It integrates well with Jitsi, and is fully self-hostable.

Not if the SCOTUS thinks it's an official.act of the presidency....

They leave those hellholes, to live in better places?

You describe the already present situation, on a global scale.

I'm waiting, and expecting, in about 10 to 15 years, blue states will start to limit immigration from those states, as the Federal government will have been neutered too much to stop it.

Those cops will kill you, armed or not. Less likely, if armed.

For example, see: DFW John Brown Gun Club shutting down cops who were looking to de-home a house less camp, by being armed and present.